{"id":735,"date":"2020-09-14T13:12:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2020-09-22T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T20:05:36","slug":"bringing-home-another-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Home Another Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Cat Clementine<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.<\/p>\n

The next morning my son brought her in the kitchen and held her up for me to see. \u201cIsn\u2019t she cute? I found her in the woods by Kroger. Can we keep her?\u201d
\nI stood back and gasped.<\/p>\n

What in the world is he trying to do to me? My husband would kill me if I brought another cat into the house. Oh yes she was cute alright. With those huge green eyes and what-am-I-doing-here dazed look on her face, I was immediately taken with her.<\/p>\n

She looked to be about 4 months old<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Her fur was long and mangy and I was certain she had fleas or some other disease that she could pass onto our cat Sam. And Sam wouldn\u2019t take too kindly to having to share anything with another cat. She was the queen of the house and wouldn\u2019t put up with being dethroned by a stray kitten from who knows where.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s adorable, but your dad will freak out if he sees her and Sam won\u2019t be too happy either. Hide her in your room. Let me figure out the best way to handle this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I knew it was a long shot<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

I wanted to convince my husband that we should keep her. She survived that horrible storm to be found by my son. What are the odds of that? I felt she was meant to be with us.<\/p>\n

The next morning my son and I cautiously presented the kitten to him in the kitchen. We were both so eager to have him like her. \u201cPlease dad. Can we keep her? She needs a home. She\u2019s so cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

My husband looked at her and shook his head. He threw up his hands in resignation. \u201cNo. We don\u2019t need another cat. One\u2019s enough. Find her another home.\u201d<\/p>\n

I figured that would be his reaction. I didn\u2019t argue. I<\/span> knew that would do no good. I would bide my time and wait for him to change his mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOkay. Fair enough. We\u2019ll find her another home.\u201d My son balked at us. He was not happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

I put my hand on his shoulder and sneaked him a quick wink. He knew what that meant. Mom was going to make sure the kitten stayed with us.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 12 years since that morning in the kitchen<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for my husband to become attached to Clementine. My son named her Clementine and it fits her perfectly. We took her to her first vet visit and she did not have fleas or any other disease. It was determined that she most likely is a Maine Coon.<\/p>\n

Sam managed to tolerate her, but made it clear from day one that she is the boss. Clementine humbly accepted her place in the household. They both managed to have a cordial friendship. I believe Sam loved Clementine more than she let on.<\/p>\n

Sam passed in 2013 at 16 years old and is surely missed by Clementine. We all miss her. Today Clementine is the big sister to our 3 year old beagle-mix Cam and she lets him know she is the queen of the house. He respects that.<\/p>\n

Every morning my husband sings a sweet little song to Clementine and gives her a treat. He tells her how pretty she is and she just eats up the attention. They have a beautiful bond. I know he does not regret allowing her to stay with us 12 years ago.<\/p>\n

Contributed by\u00a0R. Cristine<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Cat Clementine My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety. The next morning my son brought her in the kitchen and held her up for me to see. \u201cIsn\u2019t she cute? I … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Bringing Home Another Cat”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[29,30,28,41],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-pet","tag-cats","tag-kittens","tag-pets","tag-strays"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBringing Home Another Cat - Find a Paw<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bringing Home Another Cat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Find a Paw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/findapawusa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"537\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"577\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Find a Paw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Find a Paw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Find a Paw\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7915b16cde8db28ddddff67f4159a72d\"},\"headline\":\"Bringing Home Another Cat\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\"},\"wordCount\":623,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cats\",\"kittens\",\"pets\",\"strays\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New Pet\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\",\"name\":\"Bringing Home Another Cat - Find a Paw\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg\",\"width\":537,\"height\":577},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bringing Home Another Cat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/\",\"name\":\"Find a Paw\",\"description\":\"Bring Your Lost Pet Home\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Find a Paw\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-Add-a-heading.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-Add-a-heading.png\",\"width\":650,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Find a Paw\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/findapawusa\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7915b16cde8db28ddddff67f4159a72d\",\"name\":\"Find a Paw\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94df310834922379441cfdf39c4a41fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94df310834922379441cfdf39c4a41fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Find a Paw\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/author\/paw_webadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bringing Home Another Cat - Find a Paw","description":"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bringing Home Another Cat","og_description":"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.","og_url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/","og_site_name":"Find a Paw","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/findapawusa\/","article_published_time":"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":537,"height":577,"url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Find a Paw","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Find a Paw","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/"},"author":{"name":"Find a Paw","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7915b16cde8db28ddddff67f4159a72d"},"headline":"Bringing Home Another Cat","datePublished":"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/"},"wordCount":623,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg","keywords":["cats","kittens","pets","strays"],"articleSection":["New Pet"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/","url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/","name":"Bringing Home Another Cat - Find a Paw","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-14T17:12:30+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-22T20:05:36+00:00","description":"My son found her in the woods after a violent windstorm ripped through our neighborhood. She must have been terrified, huddled all alone in the foliage trying to seek safety.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clementine.jpg","width":537,"height":577},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/bringing-home-another-cat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bringing Home Another Cat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/","name":"Find a Paw","description":"Bring Your Lost Pet Home","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#organization","name":"Find a Paw","url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-Add-a-heading.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cropped-Add-a-heading.png","width":650,"height":250,"caption":"Find a Paw"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/findapawusa\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7915b16cde8db28ddddff67f4159a72d","name":"Find a Paw","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94df310834922379441cfdf39c4a41fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94df310834922379441cfdf39c4a41fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Find a Paw"},"url":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/author\/paw_webadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findapaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}